"This week's theme: Yours to discover.Why did I select these words (anthropomorphize, kafkaesque, excursive, dysphagia and jabberwocky) this week? If you know the answer, email it to (puzzle at wordsmith.org). One answer per person, please. The first reader to uncover the plot will receive an autographed copy of my new book "The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words". So will another reader randomly selected from all the correct answers."

Ha!I was wondering if someone would bring it up. It is quite a mystery. I only have vague ideas about the surrealistic and caricatural aspect or connection that is contained in all the words. I see no formal connection. (but I'm the worst in riddles)

I would like to know if anyone has a more defined idea about the words. Not for the win , but for the grin.

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